Quizlet Flight Vocab by Cheese_Person and TRL

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  1. 10: how many good throws does it take for Ken Blackburns arm to be tired?
  2. 12-17-1903: When first powered flight took place
  3. 27.6: how many seconds and milliseconds was Ken Blackburns flight?
  4. 60 mph: How fast Blackburn's arm travels at launch
  5. Aileron: An airfoil that controls lateral motion far from the fuselage
  6. Airfoil: Wing, tail, rudder
  7. Camber: The curvature of the wing leading to the edge
  8. Dihedral: The V-shape the wing makes or the angle between the wing and the horizontal., The V-shape the wing makes or the angle between the wing and the horizontal.
  9. Directional: Yaw; the angle of the aircraft in the side to side direction.
  10. Drag: Pulls plane back
  11. Flap: A movable airfoil that is part of an aircraft wing near the fuselage
  12. Fuselage: The body of an airplane
  13. Georgia Dome: Where did Ken Blackburn fly the world record paper airplane?
  14. Gravity: Pulls plane down
  15. Ken Blackburn: Made world-record plane for longest duration flight, works out with a trainer to keep arm in shape
  16. Lift: Pushes plane up
  17. Orville and Wilbur: Wright brothers
  18. Pitch: Keeps the planes nose from going too far up or too far down
  19. Spiral: Stops plane from going round and round in circles
  20. Thrust: Pushes plane forward
  21. Wright Brothers: invented and flew 1st plane